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Just to give my fellow 350 people a slight review on the product. I got these installed not too long ago as a backyard job (but we know what we are doing, done many times before). They were very easy to install with the design of the mono block callipers of the IS350, up and down in just under an hour for front and back. The longest part was figuring out the pins on the rear callipers. Start up: So I as soon as I took them out, i noticed that there was something not quite right. The pedal felt so completely weird. It was soft, spongy and went deep into the firewall. Now I don't know if its the fluid or the brake master cylinder design of the car, but I have never had this happen to any other car that i've put pads in. My mates thought my face was broken as I was pulling odd faces. And before anyone calls me a noob, I know the pedal feel should change due to setting of the pistons etc, but when I said weird... i meant it. Rolling out: Under the advice of my mates, I took the car out and instantly the brakes began to fix themselves. I took it up the road and just park it, while we did some coil overs. Bedding: So the bedding process was pretty much done like any other car I do (except this was in the *BLEEP*ty rain! fml). Drive a little bit down the road with the brake slightly on while also on the gas just to get them warm. Brakes instantly felt good, real good! Next was to get a bit of speed and hit the brakes hard and get some real heat into them. This was the great fun! Some face pulling followed by a smile. On the road: From the impression i got from the bedding process I was happy. But when I drove normally on the road, the difference was clear. I didn't just get (apparently) dustless pads (haven't had them long enough), I got some bloody performance pads! They offered slightly better feel but a whole lot more instant braking force and bite. Amazing! Part 2 was to go aggressive on the brakes with some hard hits. To be honest I couldn't tell a performance gain, but I'm not surprised. I've never been able to feel an improvement on the street under hard braking with any race/sport pad. and since I'm not going to track this family car, I don't really care about fade or the upper temperatures. But going by the extra stopping power and feel on the lower end of the temperature spectrum, I would think they offer some improvement in fade and upper end performance. And with regards to the weird feeling that it gave initially, not a problem anymore. Feel has improved! At a price of under $200 from japan for a set of front and rear pads, for your $60k+ car, this is an utter no brainer. To the unlucky souls who didn't join the group buy and have nice wheels, I advise you get some!

Well my brother went to the show room in paramatta yesterday. That's the only dealer with the car right now. Next week there will be in all dealers.

Havnt been one in awhile good pending daet!

I saw this at Rhodes shopping centre. Looks really good in the flesh, but the wheels are dead wear. All you really need are wheels, and boom.... mad looking car. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/88/20120609150340.jpg/

Do you feel any difference when you are doing rolls? Does it downshift quicker if you floor it?

nice

Call me weird or retarded. I'd rather get a reasonable price or no price. Sorry! lol, i've done it before. impatient much? Yup :)

For some reason other people are offering me autoholic. So far i've been getting 150 - 200 ranges. lol one guy offered me 150 posted... i'd rather chuck it in the bin then bother. Get back to me if you want. Otherwise I'm just going to chuck it in the bin.

I have a takeda for sale. Send me an offer. It is like 10km old. Like literally, no lie. you can check my cars odo lol.

oops forgot to order

lol was sceptic about this whole thing. But results are good (i thought it would look slammed, but the height is right in my eye). Thumbs up from me. But still hope you have luck with your shocks. Now I'm waiting on bigger more HQ pictures during the day :)

Be aware the IS250 shocks wear out quickly even from factory. There have been quite a few cases where people have had to replace them under warranty. Given the drop you are looking at on a 2006 model, i'd be prepared.

Ohh haha yeah i did for a bit. I actually didn't notice it, but was told about it, and without any music on it sound like a mouse scratching its nuts. Honestly, don't notice it. Spook, depend if you actually care if for about a month or so it will be slight rubbing on a tiny bit of plastic you can't see or hear with music on. After that month it will wear down and disappear. or you can just use a heat gun and push it back.

Terry running 9 +36 no scrub front Chris running 9 +28 front no scrub Dennis running 9 low 30's no scrub But our cars must be broken

lol I'm running 8.5 +22 no scrub

True, but you get what you pay for principle holds here.

Cool, I'll wait a bit longer and see if anyone else wants to join in.

Nope the varrstoen won't scrub at that offset. They start to scrub at 25 onwards for 8.5. I'd be more concerned about wheels hitting inner arms at +45.

I'm thinking about getting some akebono pads. They come as a set both front and rear and will cost around $160. These have had good review with a slight increase in performance (not really need, but a bonus is a bonus!) but they have virtually no brake dust. In addition, what little dust they have do not damage or have any corrosive properties on your nice wheels. Anyone interested in joining me in my order?

I was told by a philips dealer o/s that they actually don't make anything other than factory style bulbs for xenon (4300k) There are plenty of fakes around. Anyone care to confirm?

Holy hell lol. 1 gallon! That will last forever! Keep me up to date with the waxy then! Thanks Lance

How much roughly does the gold wash + the nxt2 polish (paste) cost? Thanks

Im out of my depth here. Not sure what the 2007 sports comes with, and you seem unsure. Having said that... yes, philips is good.

I'm pretty lazy with cleaning the car. I don't really care for the highest of qualities if it takes a long time to do a wax or clean. What product do you recommend?